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In fact, ittaught me everything I knowabout living in the country.
Now, like the Spice Girls and Puritans,Love Islandis coming to America to take over.
It starts airing on July 9 on CBS.
Here are all of yourLove Islandquestions, answered.
What exactly is this show?
Love Islandstarts with ten sexy singles in impossibly small bathing suits living in a villa.
The five men and five women are immediately paired up and share queen-size beds in one giant room.
There are regular recouplings and those who arent in a couple are kicked out of the villa.
Isnt this justBachelor in Paradise,Paradise Hotel, orTemptation Island?
It is similar, but not the same.
Whats different about it is that everything moves much more quickly.
Its also quite similar toBachelor in Paradiseexcept that it doesnt have the hard-partying vibe or copious amounts of alcohol.
Every day?
Yes, the U.S. version will air every weekday.
In the U.K. its on seven days a week.
While that is a major time investment, it is also one of the best things about the show.
Why is it important that its being filmed as its airing?
That means viewers get to vote on all sorts of things.
How will the U.S. version be different from the U.K. version?
Its hard to know because CBS is pretty mum on the specifics so far.
(Yes, thats more than 50 episodes.)
Based on thetrailer CBS released, it appears very close to the original.
The design of the villa is nearly identical, and the logo and artwork are practically the same.
Of coursethe cast is just as sexy and diverseas it normally is.
CBS, c’mon cut the last one.
It sounds really trashy!
Thats not a question, but yes, it is, and thats part of the appeal.
ButLove Islandreally is an anthropology project that looks into the mating rituals of the modern heterosexual.
Strangely, though, there is also something wholesome aboutLove Island.
All of the Islanders seem to genuinely be rooting for each other to find love.
Should I watch this show?
If youve made it to this question and youre still curious, absolutely.
Or if not that, at least some distractingly attractive people searching for it on television?
